Slambarz Live Winner to Receive Single Release with WaterBear Music College

Sheffield-based music college WaterBear, is proud to announce its involvement with the hotly-anticipated Slambarz Live event ‘Summer Splash’, offering an unrivalled opportunity for the winning performer.

Open to rappers, singers, songwriters, producers, and musicians aged between 14-25 based in or near Sheffield, the upcoming contest is set to take place on 31st August 2023 at the city’s longest running live music venue, The Leadmill.

Founded in 2017 by local artist and rapper Dom Heslop, Slambarz is a music events initiative that has gone from strength to strength. It provides young creators across Sheffield and beyond with performance opportunities, work experience and the ability to be a part of a community passionate about music, arts and creativity within a safe and supportive environment.

WaterBear’s Director of Marketing Eve Massaad, has been invited to join the judging panel, sitting alongside musicians and music industry professionals soon to be announced. The pioneering music college will also be providing a special prize package to help support one young artist with a professional single release, including: two single release strategy meetings with the WaterBear commercial team, a studio session on-site at the college to record the single with an in-house engineer/producer to mix and master, one music video – videographer and editor to produce final edit, and one single release event organised and supported by the WaterBear team.

Slambarz Founder Dom Heslop comments: “It is a true privilege to be in partnership with WaterBear. Their wealth of industry professionals and expertise, cohesive community approach and passion for artistry aligns with our values and practices at Slambarz CIC. Our vast network of young people will now have access to many opportunities like never before, such as accredited courses accompanied by tailored mentorship, state of the art facilities, and a warm team to help them navigate their goals and chosen career paths, shaping creative pathways in the north of England.”

Eve Massaad comments: ‘I am honoured to be on the judging panel to encourage these fantastic young creatives. The WaterBear team are driven to support and work with organisations such as Slambarz who may even perhaps inspire the next Jorja Smith or Stormzy.”

Sign up to take part via this link: https://leadmill.co.uk/event/slambarz/

WaterBear offers BA (Hons) degree and master’s courses made for today’s musicians, artists and industry professionals. The college has built an unrivalled reputation for its dedication to specialist one-to-one mentoring, focused class sizes, flexible course delivery and exclusive career development opportunities. WaterBear colleges are based in the heart of Brighton and Sheffield, and also offers a range of online distance learning courses too.

Students keen to find out more about the courses on offer at WaterBear can visit: https://waterbear.org.uk